Dr Stella Koutsikou spent some of the summer break on a collaborative project with Dr Jasenka Zubcevic, in the Department of Physiological Sciences at University of Florida.
The aim of Dr Koutsikou’s visit was to complete experimental work, analyse data, discuss findings and draft her first collaborative original research paper, on the way by which bone marrow inflammation contributes to the development of hypertension. Unexpectedly, this research visit provided Dr Koutsikou with the right opportunity to discuss some other interesting observations and carry out pilot experiments. ‘Those implicated the CNS into the pathway fro
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In addition to working with Dr Jasenka Zubcevic, Dr Koutsikou spent time with other research group leaders where they discussed and brainstormed other scientific developments in the department.
Dr Koutsikou’s collaboration with Dr Jasenka Zubcevic, has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Physiological Society and the Medway School of Pharmacy staff research & the development funding scheme.